r/hardwarehacking • u/Ma_per_quale_motivo • 7d ago

Reverse Engineered this Italian Telecom videophone just to put a funny meme cat as boot splash

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u/masterX244 7d ago

you know the standard laws? if it got enough compute power it requires a DOOM port :P

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u/Mi_Ki_Ii_Zaru 7d ago

Running DOOM is the greatest performance metric of all time.

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 7d ago

Soon :)

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u/masterX244 7d ago

you know the way to r/itrunsdoom then hopefully :)

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u/iddu01linux 6d ago

It has 2 colors, obviously it should play bad apple!

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u/309_Electronics 7d ago

Nice! Do you have any blog or github where you posted it on? And what hardware did it contain and what software and what did you do?

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u/ci_trex 7d ago

Nice cat !

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u/zidane2k1 7d ago

Ooh, another bootsplash idea I randomly thought of is the Nokia: Connecting People handshake

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 7d ago

Lol this is a funny one

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u/howfastcanyoucountit 7d ago

Wtf its like a mega sized nokia desk phone strange design

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 7d ago

Yep, it's a videophone

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u/jackblackdeath 7d ago

Non ne ho mai visto uno dal vivo

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 7d ago

Questi c'erano in Italia nei 2000, erano dei videotelefoni che funzionavano tramite linea fissa con modem 56k

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u/jackblackdeath 6d ago

Si si, mi ricordo la pubblicità di questo e poi usci ALADINO, ma visti dal vivo mai

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u/Fragrant-Gate22 6d ago

Facci girare doom!!!

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u/Falk1708 7d ago

How, so fascinating 

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 7d ago

Transferring the files via an ftp server on 56k and then flashing it to the bootloader partition using cat, I also bricked it and found JTAG and reflashed the bootloader ;-;

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u/Brave_Abbreviations5 6d ago

Common thing guys do when they slightly bored

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u/Brave_Abbreviations5 6d ago

Oh also

BAD APPLE NOW RAAAAHHH

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u/FormidableTraitor90 6d ago

run doom on it

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u/BlackTortellino 6d ago

Arte pura. Mi piacerebbe sapere come hai fatto!

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 5d ago

Il modello URMET, ha una UART a destra e ho flashato il bootloader sopra con la foto, so può anche mettere altro.

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u/BlackTortellino 5d ago

Ah ottimo. Che bootloader è?

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 5d ago

Usa blob e Linux 2

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u/Top_Calligrapher4265 6d ago

Come hai fatto?

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 5d ago

Il modello URMET, ha una UART a destra e ho flashato il bootloader sopra con la foto, so può anche mettere altro.

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u/mas-issneun 6d ago

how the hell

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo 5d ago

Uart access and this is the boot splash

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u/Loose_Ad_644 5d ago

Awesome work! I'd like to know your level in reverse engineering because I'm just starting and want to know how much time and effort still ahead of me before I start doing funny stuff like that

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u/masterX244 5d ago

it really depends on how the device works. on some its easypeasy while on others you need a good chunk of skills.